ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4670

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
5.5x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
16.3x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 169
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 1016
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 1016

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 1 August 2008
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	38 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

169

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

1016

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

1016

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	169
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285	1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285	1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1796

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G86
Launch date	10 September 2008	1 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$67	$79.99
Place in performance rating	1459	1460
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	16
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
SLI